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MANNERS OF THE PEOPLE OF CAYOR. 
The JolofFs are tall in stature, and in figure and features 
are remarkable for regularity and dignity. The principal 
diseases which afflict the inhabitants of Cayor, are the opthal- 
mia, the itch, and leprosy, which covers those whom it 
attacks to such a degree as to turn them almost entirely white. 
The children are subject to a swelling of the stomach, 
which leaves them as they grow older. In the greater 
number, the navel, owing to the awkwardness of the mid- 
wives, is of an enormous length. At the end of the rainy 
season, colds and pulmonary complaints are very common. 
The small pox is not very destructive ; inoculation, which is 
practised by the negroes, contributes without doubt to pre- 
vent the ravages of this dreadful malady. 
The Marabouts alone practise physic, which is confined 
to the application of a few simple remedies, or to the compo- 
sition of certain charms written on paper, which they make 
their patients burn and drink the ashes. 
The people of Cayor are lively, very cheerful, and 
thoughtless, never caring about a provision for future wants. 
They always put off business of every kind till the ensuing 
day. The attachment of parents and children is reciprocal. 
Some are not strangers to gratitude ; their friendship is cold 
and interested ; the women are still less susceptible of that 
feeling ; they rarely render a service without the hope of a 
return ; thus none of those prodigies of love or friendship, 
so common in Europe, are to be found among them. 
